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Thermal image frame capture using de-aligned sensor array

US9843742B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FLIR Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stanley H. Garrow · Lompoc, US
Nicholas Högasten · Lompoc, US
Theodore R. Hoelter · Goleta, US
Katrin Strandemar · Rimbo, SE
Pierre Boulanger · Goleta, US
Barbara Sharp · Lompoc, US
Eric A. Kurth · Lompoc, US
Malin Ingerhed · Linköping, SE

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 2013
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N25/76
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various techniques are provided to capture one or more thermal image frames using an infrared sensor array that is fixably positioned to substantially de-align rows and columns of infrared sensors. In one example, an infrared imaging system includes an infrared sensor array comprising a plurality of infrared sensors arranged in rows and columns and adapted to capture a thermal image frame of a scene exhibiting at least one substantially horizontal or substantially vertical feature. The infrared imaging system also includes a housing. The infrared sensor array is fixably positioned within the housing to substantially de-align the rows and columns from the feature while the thermal image frame is captured.

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